Poker-table.



PATENTED APR. 21, 1908. I. MASON.

POKER TABLE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 12.1907.

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- By M r& g ATTORNEYS- UNITED STATES ISAAC Mason, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POKER-TABLE.

No. 886,630. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 21, 1908.

Application filed June 12, 1907. Serial No. 378,494.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, ISAAC MAsoN, a citizen of the United States, and'aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Im rovementin Poker-Tables, of which the fol owing is a full, clear, andexact-description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a table top especiallyconstructed for playing the game of poker, which poker to is adapted toconstitute an auxiliary top or the table, particularly a table having arectangular top member, and also to so construct the auxiliary table topthat it can be quickly.

and conveniently placed and held in position upon a table and as readilyand expeditiously removed, without in. any manner marring the table towhich application is made.

It is .a further purpose of the invention to so construct 'the'auxiliaryor poker top, that one section can be folded-over upon the. other whennot raiuired for use, and to so construct the tab e to which aplicationjis made, that its to will be providec with a drop sec tion orleaf corresponding to a folding section of the poker top, enabling thetableand combination poker to to be placed in acorner of a room when t etable is to be used for 1 ordinary. purposes or when it is desired tohave it temporarily out of the way. The invention consists in thenovelconstruction and combination of the several parts as will behereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims. p Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings forming apart of thisspecification, in which similarcharacters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures. Figure 1 is a lan view of the imroved poker top applie to'a table having a 'nged leaf, the tableappearing in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken practically.

on the line 22 of Fig. 1'; Fig. 3 is a vertical section takensubstantially ion the line 3'3 of Fig. 1 Fig. 4-is a plan View of theimproved auxiliary or poker top ap lied to an ordinary table, that is tosay, a table whose top is solid or in one position, the tabletop'appearing in dotted lines, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectlon through aportion of the drop leaf of the table shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3,'illu'strating also in side elevation a portion of the supporting legforsaid leafand'the stopforthe said leg, the section beingtaken practicallyon line 55 of Fig. 1.

A represents what I term a poker top, being adapted as an auxiliary topto cover the main to B of an ordinary table, this poker top A eingadapted especiall for use in (playing the game of poker, an to that enit, is provided with a marginal series of cells or pockets 11 open atthe to the upper edges of the said ockets or cels-11 bel preferablyflush with the unbroken central portion of the said top A, but the top Ais divided into two sections tion being by preference equal in size tothe other, and the said sections a, and a'of the auxiliary or poker topA are connected by hinges 10 so placed that one sect n, the section afor example, may. be-folded over upon the opposing section a, ,as isshownin dotted lines in Fig. 3. The auxiliary or poker top A may be ofany desired marginal contour, preferably, however, it is rectangular orpolygonal and in the drawings the said auxiliary or poker top A is givenan octagonal shape, and this shape is usually preferred."

A horizontal partition 12 extends from the inner walls 11 of the pockets11 in direction of the center of the auxiliary top 'A, as is shown inFigs. 2 and 3, and vertical partitions 13 at the inner end portion ofthe horizontal partition 12 connect .the horizontal partition with themain-members of the said top A, it being understood that the horizontalpartition 12 and vertical partitions 13 are separated at the line of.separation between a and a, one secthe'two sections a and a of the top.The inner marginal portion ofthe horizontal partition 12 is soformedthat the space surrounded by it conforms to the shape of the table top Bupon which the auxiliary or poker top A is to be placed, and the spaceLust referred to receives-the top B of the tale, as is shownparticularly at 14 in Fig. 1, and when the to B of the table is soreceived the vertical artltions 13 will be adjacent the side edges ofthe said table top B, as is shown in- Figs'. 2 and 3; and'the section a,for example, of the auxiliary or poker top A is provided with aninwardly extending horizontal flange 15 that extends beneath the underface of thetop of the table to B at the marginal surface, that is at twosi to as is shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

in'applying the auxiliary or poker top A to es of the said table .4folded over upon the section a of the same top and the hinged leg 21 canbe carried in /a table to supporting leaf section B the section a, ofthe auxiliary top is folded over upon a section a, as is shown in dottedlines in Fig. 3, and-then the section a is sli ped over a cornerportionof the table top efiecting the slip connection between the twotops shown especially in Figs. 1, 2 and 3; then the section a, of theauxiliary top is folded over and down upon the main top B. e

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the table to B is in two .sections b and b, thesection b eing a dro leaf section, and the section bis sup orte bypreferably three legs 17 located at t e corner ortions thereof, and'thetwo sections 1) and at their abutting edges are connected by hinges 16.

Up er and lower side bars 18 and 18 and 19 'an 19 connect the legs,extending adjacentthe margin of the table top B, and near the straightinner edge of the section b of the table top B cross bars 20 and 20 aremade to connect 0 posing legs, as is best shown in Fig. 2. e drop leafsection b of the table top B is supported in horizontal position by aleg 21 adapted for en agement with the central portion of itsun er face.Thisleg 21 is provlded with up er and lower bars 22 and 22*" connectedby inges 23 with the central portions of the upper and lower cross bars20 and 20. When the swinging leg 21 is in osition relatively to the.drop I) the upper edge of said leg 1s made to travel in engagement withan inclined plane 24.- until it strikes a stop 25, as is shown in fulllines in Fi 5, and in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the said inc ined planeand stop being secured to the under face of the drop leaf section b ofthe said top B. See Figs. 3 i

and 5. Thus when a table is not required,

the section a of the auxiliary top can be I -direction of one side ofthe table top B, and

thedropleafsection b be permitted to fall to the lower vertical ositionshown in dotted lines in Fig.1, there y enabling the structure to bereadily placed in a corner of a room out of the way-J; I haveillustrated an application c0 Patent:

In Fig.4 I of the improved auxiliary or poker to -:Ato atable' top B,that is in one piece and: portedby four stationary legs 26'cp iii1ectedy suitable braces 27, but the mode of application of the auxiliary orpoker top A to the form of table top B is the same as the applicationto' the d vided table top B, and the construction of the auxiliary topis the same. I

Having thus' described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters 1. The combination with a rectangular i table topv consistingof a fixed and a drop leaf section, of an auxiliarytable top constructedin hinged sections and having a chamber formed at its under face, ofslightly greater dimensions yet the same shape as the marginal portionof the table to and adapted to receive the latter, said tab e andauxiliary top being divided a proximately in the same vertical plane,the c ambered portion of that section of the auxiliary to which liesover the fixed top section having orizontal flanges extending inwardfrom the lower ortion thereof for engagement with the un er face of saidfixed top section, the chambered portion of the other section havingwalls vertical throughout their hei ht, and means for supporting saiddro lea at a level with the fixed top to support t e'auxiliary sectionsin their unfolded positions or to allow the same to be dropped out ofthe way when the auxiliary, top sections are folded together.

2. An auxiliary top adapted to be detachably held on an ordinary fixedtable top, consisting of two sections hinged together, cleats or barsattached to the under face of said auxiliary top and forming aninclosure of the same shape as the fixed table top, but of slightlygreater dimensions, so as to fit down over and contain the same, thelane which divides said top into sections a so dividing said chambersinto two equal portions, and elements fixed to and extending inward fromthe lower portions of the cleats or bars on one section and adapted toengage with the under'face of the fixed table top, whereby said lattersection may be slipped laterally 'upon'the table top and held thereonagainst vertical'movement, the cleats or bars on the other sectionhaving unobstructed inner -sides, whereby said latter section may befolded down over the fixed table top after the said first named sectionis in place to hold the entire auxiliary top against lateral movement.

3. As a new article of manufacture an auxiliary table to adapted to bedetachably held on a fixe table top, consisting of two sections hin edtogether, the sections being provided wit a plurality of marginalpockets in their upper. faces, and on their under'faces with a chambercorresponding in shape to the fixed table top but of slightly greaterdimensions than the said top, and inwardly extendingflan es on onesection at the bottom of-the wal of the chamber and adapted to en agethe under face of the fixed table top w en the said section is sli pedupon the said tabletop, the wall of the cliamber on the other sectionbeing unobstructed to permit thesaid section to fold down over the fixed1 table top.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

. ISAAC MASON. Witnesses:

MICHAEL J VAUGHAN,

LEO L. PoT'rs.

